50 Likely GTLE Literacy Questions
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1. 1. Choose the correctly ordered adjectives:
She carried a ____ bag.
(A) red small leather beautiful
(B) beautiful small red leather
(C) leather red small beautiful
(D) small leather beautiful red
Answer: (B) beautiful small red leather
2. 2. Each of the students ___ ready for the exam.
(A) are
(B) were
(C) is
(D) have
Answer: (C) is
3. 3. Neither the teacher nor the students ___ happy.
(A) is
(B) are
(C) has
(D) was
Answer: (B) are
4. 4. Change to indirect speech:
"I am coming tomorrow," she said.
(A) She said she is coming tomorrow.
(B) She said she would come the next day.
(C) She said she comes tomorrow.
(D) She said she came the next day
Answer: (B) She said she would come the next day
5. 5. Convert to direct speech:
He said he was tired.
(A) He says, “I was tired.”
(B) He said, “I am tired.”
(C) He said, “I was tired.”
(D) He said, “I am being tired.”
Answer: (B) He said, “I am tired.”
6. 6. Choose the synonym of 'feeble':
(A) weak
(B) strong
(C) harsh
(D) rich
Answer: (A) weak
7. 7. Choose the antonym of 'generous':
(A) kind
(B) selfish
(C) giving
(D) noble
Answer: (B) selfish
8. 8. Change to passive voice:
They cleaned the room.
(A) The room was cleaned.
(B) The room is cleaned.
(C) The room were cleaned.
(D) The room had cleaned.
Answer: (A) The room was cleaned.
9. 9. Identify the error:
He don't know the way.
(A) He
(B) don't
(C) know
(D) way
Answer: (B) don't — Correct: doesn't
10. 10. By the time she arrived, I ___ eating.
(A) finish
(B) had finished
(C) finished
(D) have finished
Answer: (B) had finished
11. 11. If I had studied, I ___ passed.
(A) will have
(B) would have
(C) would
(D) have
Answer: (B) would have
12. 12. 'Spill the beans' means:
(A) plant seeds
(B) tell a secret
(C) cook food
(D) break things
Answer: (B) tell a secret
13. 13. She is your friend, ___?
(A) isn’t she
(B) is she
(C) wasn’t she
(D) weren’t she
Answer: (A) isn’t she
14. 14. The girl ___ won the award is here.
(A) who
(B) whose
(C) whom
(D) which
Answer: (A) who
15. 15. The cat is hiding ___ the table.
(A) under
(B) on
(C) beside
(D) by
Answer: (A) under
16. 16. He studied hard ___ he passed.
(A) but
(B) because
(C) or
(D) although
Answer: (B) because
17. 17. 'Give up' means:
(A) surrender
(B) start
(C) continue
(D) enjoy
Answer: (A) surrender
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